alchemista

See also: alchemistą

Latin

Alternative forms

• alchimista
• alchymista
• chimista

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor.

Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor.

Latin alchēmīa

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -ista

Latin alchēmista

From alchēmīa + -ista.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫ.kʰeːˈmɪs.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [al.keˈmis.ta]

Noun

alchēmista m or f (genitive alchēmistae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) alchemist

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	alchēmista	alchēmistae
genitive	alchēmistae	alchēmistārum
dative	alchēmistae	alchēmistīs
accusative	alchēmistam	alchēmistās
ablative	alchēmistā	alchēmistīs
vocative	alchēmista	alchēmistae

References

• alchemista in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Polish

Alternative forms

• alchimista, alchymista (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alchēmista, under influence of French alchimiste. By surface analysis, alchemia +‎ -ista. First attested in 1534.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.xɛˈmis.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: al‧che‧mis‧ta

Noun

alchemista m pers

1. (dated, alchemy) alchemist (person involved in the field of alchemy)

   Synonym: alchemik

2. (Middle Polish, medicine) doctor who heals with mineral substances
3. (Middle Polish, medicine) herbalist capable of making plant extracts

Declension

Declension of alchemista

	singular	plural
nominative	alchemista	alchemiści/alchemisty (deprecative)
genitive	alchemisty	alchemistów
dative	alchemiście	alchemistom
accusative	alchemistę	alchemistów
instrumental	alchemistą	alchemistami
locative	alchemiście	alchemistach
vocative	alchemisto	alchemiści

Related terms

adjectives

• alchemicki
• alchemiczny

adverb

• alchemicznie

nouns

• alchemia
• alchemik

Further reading

• “alchemista”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “alchemista”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “alchemista”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alchemista, alchymista”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 22
• alchemista in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego